eSpeedMusic Search

By GoldSparrow in Potentially Unwanted Programs

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 1
First Seen: February 2, 2016
Last Seen: July 17, 2020
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The eSpeedMusic Toolbar is a potentially unwanted toolbar that is advertised as an application that can let the computer user 'Easily search the web for FREE unlimited music, song, full albums, music videos.' The eSpeedMusic Toolbar is considered to be a potentially unwanted application/adware that may enter a computer via downloads of other free software. Once installed on a machine, the eSpeedMusic Toolbar may embed a relevant toolbar, replace the search provider and default start page or a new tab window with musix.searchalgo.com.

The eSpeedMusic Toolbar may show random pop-up advertisements and sponsored links in search results of any popular search provider such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox, and may collect search terms from the PC user's search requests. The eSpeedMusic Toolbar may be used to increase traffic of unreliable websites and make a profit from advertisement clicks. The eSpeedMusicToolbar may be inserted into custom installers on many questionable download websites, so if the computer user has downloaded a free app from a suspicious website, the eSpeedMusic Toolbar might have been also installed via the setup process of the application.

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